Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Socket 1150

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The dual-core Pentium G3258 marks the 20th anniversary for the Intel Pentium brand. The Pentium G3258 it's a fully unlocked part, it's clocked at 3.2 GHz on two cores, comes with 3 MB of cache, and supports DDR3-1333 memory. Also packing HD Graphics clocked at 1100 MHz, and a TDP of 53W.

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